Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
1 OCCURRENCES AND EXAMPLES OF INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
1.1 Basic Definitions and Concepts
1.2 Occurrences of Integral Equations andExamples
1.2.1 Abel’s Problem
1.2.2 Initial Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations
1.2.3 Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations
1.2.4 Interesting Problems
1.2.5 Second Order Initial Value Problems and Boundary Value Problems of aSpecial Type
1.2.6 Two Special Boundary Value Problems Involving Partial Differential Equation
1.3 Exercises
2 SOME SPECIAL INTEGRAL EQUATIONS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS
2.1 Results on Integral Transforms
2.1.1 Laplace Transform
2.1.2 Fourier Transform
2.1.3 Mellin Transform
2.2 Use of Integral Transforms in Integral Equation
2.2.1 Volterra Equations of the First Kind
2.2.2 The Abel Integral Equation
2.2.3 The Stieltz Integral Equation
2.2.4 Fredholm Equations of the Second Kind .
2.2.5 The Fox Integral Equation
2.2.6 The Wiener–Hopf Integral Equation
2.3 Exercises
3 INTEGRAL EQUATIONS OF THE SECOND KIND
3.1 Degenerate Kernels
3.2 General Kernels
3.2.1 Continuous Kernels and Forcing Terms .
3.2.2 Square-Integrable Kernels and Forcing Terms
3.3 Exercises
4 INTEGRAL EQUATIONS WITH SYMMETRIC KERNELS
4.1 Some Basic Results
4.2 The Rayleigh–Ritz Method
4.3 Determination of Subsequent Eigenvalues of a Symmetric Kernel
4.4 The Hilbert–Schmidt Theory
4.5 Other Approximation Methods for Eigenvalues of Symmetric Kernels
4.5.1 The Trace Method
4.5.2 Kellogg’s Method
4.5.3 Galerkin’s Method
4.6 Exercises
5 SINGULAR INTEGRAL EQUATIONS WITH CAUCHY-TYPE KERNELS
5.1 Occurrence of Singular Integral Equations
5.2 Some Important Theorems and Results in Complex Function Theory
5.3 Solution of Singular Integral Equations Involving Closed Contours
5.4 Solution of Singular Integral Equations involving Open Arcs
5.5 Exercises
6 ON NUMERICAL METHODS FOR INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
6.1 Quadrature Methods
6.2 Other Numerical Methods
6.2.1 Kernel Approximation Method
6.2.2 The Least Squares Method
6.3 Exercises
7 WORKED OUT PROBLEMS
7.1 Problems from Chapter 1
7.2 Problems from Chapter 2
7.3 Problems from Chapter III
7.4 Problems from Chapter IV
7.4.1 Special Section: Boundary Value Problems, Green’s Functions, Integral Equations with Positive Symmetric Kernels
7.5 Problems from Chapter V
7.6 Problems from Chapter VI
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